Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Hesperostipa comata (Trinius & Ruprecht) Barkworth subsp. comata
(Needle-and-Thread)


Family: Poaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Stipa comata Trinius & Ruprecht

Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata has one-flowered spikelets that disarticulate above the glumes. The very long awn is curling but not plumose as in Hesperostipa neomexicana.
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Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., Oct. 28, 2007



Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata, spikes, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., Oct. 28, 2007



Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata, spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, & Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., Oct. 28, 2007


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